Pub Crawls - Pub Crawls For A Cause

Pub Crawls For A Cause

The Winter Ghent Bar Tour, self-dubbed as America's most charitable pub crawl, is hosted by Ghent Bar Tours in the historic Ghent neighborhood of midtown Norfolk, Virginia. First held in 2006, this annual fundraiser occurs during the last Saturday of February. Each year, the event donates 100% of its proceeds to a local Hampton Roads non-profit organization and operates on an all-volunteer staff. Most recently, the 2012 Winter Ghent Bar Tour had over 1000 participants and donated $22,250 to Edmarc Hospice for Children, a Portsmouth, Virginia organization that provides support to children with life-threatening illnesses.

The Beacon New York pub crawl attracts around 3000 people from all over New York. Proceeds from the sale of wrist bands goes to families-in-need.

On the Saturday leading up to St. Patrick's Day March 17 for 14 years is one of the most popular pub crawls in Chicago. The pub crawl typically starts around 9am in Wrigleyville neighborhood and takes participants through the Lakeview and Lincoln Park neighborhoods.

Since 2009, Chicagoans have also set out to take a stance against terrible fashion trends by participating in the "Double Denim Bar Crawl," or the DDBC. Crawlers meander around Wrigleyville Neighborhood bars dressed in a minimum of two articles of Denim. Much like an 80s theme party, the DDBC explores the hilarity of acid-washed jean jackets and jorts.